- Home Again, Home Again (15 Dec 24)Not sure what delayed the final post from my December trip. Likely it had something to do with my steel-trap, never forgetful mind. Here it comes at last, in pictures. The day involved breakfast at ... read more1 month ago
- Penultimate Postings (14 Dic 24)Upon my discovery of the word “penultimate” I became so taken with it that I find uses for it whenever I can. You might anticipate this title in every posting on my next-to-last day in ... read more1 month ago
- Dominicano Dreamin’ (13 Dic 24)I awoke this morning somewhat trepidated (a verb I just made-up). I’m Irish and today is Friday-the-13th. Plenty of room for serious superstition. Instead, I was delighted to see the DDG’s purchase, a 2024 Toyota ... read more1 month ago
- Happy Thanksgiving!Good evening! I am thankful to be home, and I’d like to show you more from this trip! I want to show you a few videos I took from the car as we drove from ... read more2 months ago
- HappeningsWhat do you do when you have old metal chairs that no longer have their wooden seats? You cut the 3 remaining legs off the plastic chairs. Put the plastic chair on top of the ... read more2 months ago
- Balcony in Dar es SalaamOur trip to Dar es Salaam was good – absolutely no problems. They even had all our luggage there for us to pick up. Last year, it had gotten lost for 7 days. No problems ... read more3 months ago
- Speaking up, after a long silence: grateful that life at FSRL goes on!WAVES OF ADVERSITY: We are living through strange and stressful times in our world, and that is 150% true of life for students and staff in Haiti. I have not written any blogs for many ... read more2 years ago
- Day nine: The Communion ForestThursday began with daily eucharist led by Archbishop Michael Lewis, Bishop of the Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf and Primate of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, and Archbishop Hosam Naoum, ... read more2 years ago
- Day eight: The Mandala**(Or the day that the Archbishop of Canterbury invited 1,451 people over for lunch.) The giant inflatable globe ... read more2 years ago
- Day seven: Help, Thanks, WowThe last six minutes and twenty seconds of discussion on the Reconciliation Call. New York Times bestselling author ... read more2 years ago
- How on earth to think about the stark contrast between difficult, maybe impossible, stressors in Haiti, versus the fact that good things continue to happen in the learning community of FSRL?The reason I posted the photo essay (just before this) by the UN Humanitarian Council is to try to reconcile the contrasting messages that we are receiving and observing: the same messages we are passing ... read more3 years ago
- A photo essay by the UN Humanitarian Outreach group3 years ago
- Bishop of Peshawar reports on killings and declares church will continue to be ‘Living Epistle of Christ’ in PakistanPeshawar Bishop Humphrey Sarfaraz Peters yesterday wrote to the board of Bridges to Pakistan about the Jan. 30 targeted attack on leaders in the Diocese of Peshawar: The Rev. Patrick Naeem, our Diocesan Mission Secretary ... read more3 years ago